For all of us who hate paperwork, there’s good news ahead, as the Sectary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has announced the Passenger Locator Form is to be “stood down”. As usual, the Minister has failed to use his press release service via the Department for transport or Department of Heath and Social Care at the time of writing, so he has … [Read more...]

It's an important day in Australia, as its borders open to international tourists for the first time in nearly two years. The Qantas Group is involved as it plans to bring over 14,000 passengers into the country. The Sydney Harbour Bridge - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  The first flight to be welcomed to Australia for tourists was QF12 from Los Angeles was the … [Read more...]

Well, it seems that proposed entry changes to England have gone live - and if you're at least double-vaccinated, it will make life a lot easier when entering England. Welcome to the United Kingdom. If you arrived in England after 4 am, on 11th February, the following rules will apply. Fully vaccinated – from 11 February If you qualify as fully vaccinated for … [Read more...]

It seems the UK Government is pushing ahead with reopening the country to visitors, as it prepares to remove the requirement for testing for eligible vaccinated travellers. In the move it has taken, all testing measures for eligible fully vaccinated travellers arriving in the UK will be removed from 4 am on 11 February. The move was announced on the 24th of January, … [Read more...]

There's good news for travellers to the United Kingdom today, with the need for Pre-Departure Testing to be scrapped from 4 am today (7th January), as well as PCR Day 2 tests from Sunday 9th January. The move (which was described as temporary) was a vain attempt to slow the spread of the Omicron variant. Of course, this is now the dominant variant in the UK. What … [Read more...]

Singapore's Vaccinated Traveller Lane (VTL) has been a useful way for people to enter the nation - however, it seems that the government is suspending new entries via this route for a period. In a quote, the Singapore government says: From 22 December 2021, 2359hrs (SGT), there will be no new ticket sales for all designated VTL (Air) flights for entry into Singapore … [Read more...]

The Red List that was introduced with much fanfare a few weeks ago by the UK Government... has been thrown out to the four winds again.  No more Red List to come into the United Kingdom from 4 am today - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. All 11 remaining countries from the UK’s red list from 4 am tomorrow (15 December 2021), following a review of the latest risk … [Read more...]

Well, here we go again, with the UK Red List Changes coming into effect. As you all are aware, Nigeria joins the red list. The full Red List at the time of this change going live includes: Angola - https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/angola Botswana - https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/botswana Eswatini - … [Read more...]

We've got a date when the updated entry regulations for entering the UK go live.And it's 4 am Tuesday 30th November. The text says: From 04:00 Tuesday 30 November 2021 testing and isolation requirements will change for all arrivals into the UK. If you are arriving into the UK after 04:00 Tuesday 30 November 2021 then please return to complete your Passenger Locator Form … [Read more...]